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that very first night that president obama was president obama. watch. >> on the very night barack obama was inaugurated, a group of republicans quietly gathered to develop plans for taking on the new president. >> a meeting, a dinner took place in the famous steakhouse in downtown washington with newt gingrich as sort of the emcee, as it were. >> the gathering of gop luminaries, top conservative congressman eric cantor, paul ryan, senate power brokers jim demint, jon kyl, tom coburn, and event organizer frank luntz. >> they decided that they needed to begin to fight obama on everything. this meant unyielding opposition to every one of the obama administration's legislative initiatives. they all talked about this and they began to get more and more optimistic and they left feeling practically exuberant. >> full of events, ten. count them, ten. >> across washington that evening -- >> stunning crowd of people. >> the new president had no idea what the republicans were planning. >> ladies and gentlemen, the president of the united states and first la
that very first night that president obama was president obama. watch. >> on the very night barack obama was inaugurated, a group of republicans quietly gathered to develop plans for taking on the new president. >> a meeting, a dinner took place in the famous steakhouse in downtown washington with newt gingrich as sort of the emcee, as it were. >> the gathering of gop luminaries, top conservative congressman eric cantor, paul ryan, senate power brokers jim demint, jon kyl, tom...
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just reagan and now obama. i think people make too much of the political parallels between obama and reagan, but aesthetically, you kind of can't make too much of this one. in this case in the evolution of the official portrait, i think you can make as much of this parallel that you want to because that's kind of an uncanny thing, isn't it? the newport rat is out. the new term is about to start. we here at msnbc and everybody in the news business is gearing up for inaugural weekend coverage. this will be my second time covering an inauguration. we'll have the whole schedule for you of when everything happens and when it's going to be on tv. that's coming up a little later on in the show tonight. but, of course, at times like this, newbyes like me who have only covered one of these before or none of these before, we often turn to the veteran journalists among us for advice on how to handle an event like this, how to get the most out of an event that frankly is way too big to take in at once. the paragon of exper
just reagan and now obama. i think people make too much of the political parallels between obama and reagan, but aesthetically, you kind of can't make too much of this one. in this case in the evolution of the official portrait, i think you can make as much of this parallel that you want to because that's kind of an uncanny thing, isn't it? the newport rat is out. the new term is about to start. we here at msnbc and everybody in the news business is gearing up for inaugural weekend coverage....
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at president obama, not true. that was the second weirdest visual as a nation we've ever had of samuel alito. the first weirdest visual we've ever had of samuel alito was yesterday. nice shades, mr. justice. that was on the official inaugural platform during the swearing in of the president. but while the justice was dreaming of snowboarding and looking on at president obama's second inaugural yesterday, did the president do the same thing again, the same thing that so upset justice alito back in 2010? was president obama yesterday again shouting at the supreme court, except this time doing it ahead of an expected controversial supreme court decision rather than waiting until after? >> we the people declare today that the most evident of truths, that all of us are created equal is the star that guides us still, just as it guided our forebearers through seneca falls and selma and stonewall. >> and stonewall? joining us for the interview is frank rich, writer at large for "new york magazine." thanks for being here.
at president obama, not true. that was the second weirdest visual as a nation we've ever had of samuel alito. the first weirdest visual we've ever had of samuel alito was yesterday. nice shades, mr. justice. that was on the official inaugural platform during the swearing in of the president. but while the justice was dreaming of snowboarding and looking on at president obama's second inaugural yesterday, did the president do the same thing again, the same thing that so upset justice alito back...
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impeachment, before president obama had even suggested anything. steve stockman wanted to impeach him as a gun grabber. that, incidentally, is how he won his race to go back to congress this past year, too. he called his republican opponent in the primary a gun grabber. everybody's a gun grabber. president obama did introduce yesterday a very broad package of reforms to try to deal with gun violence in this country. expanded access to mental health treatment, improvements in the background checks system, resources for schools to have more armed guards on site if they want them. and yes, a renewal of the old assault weapons ban that we had for ten years before it expired in 2004. since president obama introduced those measures all of the discussion in washington has been about the viability of what he is proposing, right? renewing the assault weapons ban, that's not viable, that'll never pass. that is the chorus from washington. the nra of course says that nothing will pass. old steve stockman says i don't care if anything passes, let's impeach him
impeachment, before president obama had even suggested anything. steve stockman wanted to impeach him as a gun grabber. that, incidentally, is how he won his race to go back to congress this past year, too. he called his republican opponent in the primary a gun grabber. everybody's a gun grabber. president obama did introduce yesterday a very broad package of reforms to try to deal with gun violence in this country. expanded access to mental health treatment, improvements in the background...
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and it's an unnamed obama administration official that claims to have seen the cable. and it's an unknown case that this rubicon has been crossed, insisting that the u.s. must react, that syria is testing our resolve. that when the president said any use of chemical weapons would be a red line, well, then this incident means he must really not have meant it. it is, of course, possible that it is true, that syria has used chemical weapons. if it is true, it is both awful on its face, and it is something that the president and the secretary of state said would be treated as a red line, a serious response from the united states. in his report tonight, josh notes that it is activists and defectors from syria who are marketing this story that syria has crossed that red line. this reported secret document from u.s. state department officials in turkey josh says was also born of interviews with syrian activists and defectors, who of course very much want the largest military power on earth involved on their side of their war with their own government. the whole thing is both
and it's an unnamed obama administration official that claims to have seen the cable. and it's an unknown case that this rubicon has been crossed, insisting that the u.s. must react, that syria is testing our resolve. that when the president said any use of chemical weapons would be a red line, well, then this incident means he must really not have meant it. it is, of course, possible that it is true, that syria has used chemical weapons. if it is true, it is both awful on its face, and it is...